web space (palmar)

Last reviewed 01/2018

There are three palmar web spaces in each hand. They lie between the attachments of the palmar aponeurosis, from metacarpophalangeal level to the web skin margin distally.

Relations:

  • dorsally: skin superficial to deep transverse metacarpal ligament
  • volarly: skin superficial to superficial transverse metacarpal ligament
  • radially and ulnarly: digital nerves on palmar side of digital vessels, tendons of interossei and lumbricals

The web space is filled with fibrofatty material.